لك يا عشور مكارم

لك يا عشور مكارم

هن الغيوث المظمئه

هن الغيوث المظمئه

Yours, O Ashour, are generous deeds—

You have great virtues, O Ashur

They are rains that make one thirsty.

They are the relief of the thirsty

قالوا وهبت ولم تهب

قالوا وهبت ولم تهب

للعروة الوثقى مئه

للعروة الوثقى مئه

They said you gave—yet you did not give—

They said you gave, but did not give

A hundred to al-‘Urwa al-Wuthqa,

To the strong bond a hundred

من خير ما جَمَعت لك الـ

من خير ما جَمَعت لك الـ

ـبُهَمُ الغزاة من الفئه

ـبُهَمُ الغزاة من الفئه

From the best of what was gathered for you by the

Of the best you collected for yourself

Dauntless raiders from the band.

The invaders took from the tribe

فرأيت كل صحيفة

فرأيت كل صحيفة

سارت بذلك منبئه

سارت بذلك منبئه

Then I saw every newspaper

So I saw every paper

Circulate, reporting that,

Went with it declaring

وسمعت كل جماعة

وسمعت كل جماعة

يتبادلون التهنئه

يتبادلون التهنئه

And heard every group

And I heard every group

Exchange congratulations.

Exchanging congratulations

بَرِّئ نوالك يا عشـ

بَرِّئ نوالك يا عشـ

ـور فذا أوان التبرئه

ـور فذا أوان التبرئه

Vindicate your bounty, O Ash—

Absolve your gifts, O Ashur, so this is the time of absolution

—our, for this is the time for vindication.

All your good promises

حسنات وعدك كلها

حسنات وعدك كلها

في جنب خُلفك سيئه

في جنب خُلفك سيئه

All the merits of your promise

Next to your shortcomings are bad

Count as a misdeed beside your broken word.